Tobias Lawal

Tobias Okiki Lawal (born 7 June 2000) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays for LASK in the Bundesliga as a goalkeeper.

Tobias Lawal
Personal information
Full name Tobias Okikiola Lawal
Date of birth (2000-06-07) 7 June 2000
Place of birth Linz, Austria
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 LASK
Number 24
Youth career
2008–2013 ASKÖ Donau Linz
2013–2014 LASK Juniors OÖ
2014–2018 AKA Linz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 LASK Juniors OÖ 65 (0)
2017 FC Wels (loan) 8 (0)
2018– LASK 9 (0)
International career‡
2018 Austria U19 1 (0)
2019 Austria U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:13, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Lawal started his career with ASKÖ Donau Linz. In 2013, he transferred to LASK Juniors. In 2014, he joined AKA Linz, where he played till 2018 before returning to LASK Juniors.

In June 2017, he made his debut for LASK Juniors against USV Allerheiligen, in September that same year, he joined FC Wels on loan and made his debut in the Regionalliga against SV Ried Amateure on Matchday 8.[1] During the winter break of that season, he rejoined LASK Juniors.

Lawal was part of the LASK Juniors OÖ team that got promoted to the Second League in 2018 where he made his first professional league debut against Wacker Innsbruck II on the first matchday of that season.[2] He was promoted to the senior LASK team in 2020 and made his debut in the Bundesliga, in a 3–0 defeat to Rapid Vienna.[3]

International career

Lawal was born in Austria to a Nigerian father and an Austrian mother.[4] Lawal made his debut for the Austria U19 team in September 2018 in a friendly versus Denmark. In June 2019, he played for the U20 team in a match against Switzerland. In September 2020, he was called up by Gernot Rohr for Nigeria for the friendly matches against Algeria and Tunisia.[5]

References
  1. "Tobias Lawal joins FC Wels". nachrichten.at (in German). 2 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. "1.Liga - FC Pasching vs Wacker Innsbruck II". Soccerway. 29 July 2020.
  3. "Rapid Vienna vs LASK - 4 October 2020". Soccerway. 4 October 2020.
  4. "Passport issues knock out goalkeeper Tobias Lawal from Super Eagles friendlies". Score Nigeria. 8 October 2020.
  5. "Rohr calls up youngsters Tijani and Lawal for Nigeria". Goal.com. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
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